Improved washing-machine



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l Be it known that I',ABB.`AHAM HAvENs, of Trenton,

' El, placed theV frame sides ABRAHAM HAVENs; 'or

TRENTON, NEW` JERSEY.`4`

` Leners raam: No. 89,761, ma May 4., 1869.

l l The Schedule referred to in these Letters Patent :making part of the same.

Mercer county, New Jersey, haveinvented an Improvement in .Washing-Machines; and `I do hereby declare the following ecription. ofthe same.

to b e a full, clear, v andexact de- My invention consists 1n the combination, w'ith anY elastic rubbingbed, having V-shaped ribs and grooves, of a Vnumber of rollers hungfto a vibrating frame, and so constructed and arranged with respectto each other, and to the grooves ofthe rubbing-bed, that articles of clothing, Ste., placed upon the latter, shall be moved from side to side, and submittedto a rubhing-action, similar tov that of the hands upon an ordinary wash-board, all of which is -fully described hereafter. Y y

i In order to enable othersto make and use my invenp i i tion, I now proceedto describe its construction and operation', reference being had to the accompanying drawing, which forms a part of this specification, and in which- Figure l is a longitudinal. section of 'my improved l washing-machine;

Figure 2, a sectional plan view of the lsame on the line 1-2,Yg.` l;

Figure, a transverse vertical 'sectic'in on .the line `3-4, ig.j1;and-' Figure 4, a perspective `view'of part of the rubbingbed, detached from the'machine.` i y Similar letters referto similar parts throughout the f several views.

The box-shaped-body`A `of the machine, which is supported upon legs aa, Ais open at the top, and. has, atone end, a cock, l, through which suds or Water' may bedrawn owhenthe machine is to be cleansed,

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A frame, B, consisting of arms c c, connected .to-

gether by cross-pieceslf, is hinged to and arranged to turn freelyon projectionserat one end of the box A,

and` a similar frame, C, consisting of Aside-pieces h,r

braced together by rods i, is jointed to the upper end of the frame B, so as to turn freely thereon, as plainly seeninligl.` n p Three spindles, k, k1, and k2, are arranged to turn in the lower ends of the opposite side-pieces h of the 'frame O, and to eachof these spindles is hunga number'o'f double-cone-shaped rollers, F, of India rubber,

or equivalent elastic material, these rollers being de- `tachable.separatelyv `from the spindles, to which they are secured by nuts or otherwise, andthe rollers of une spindle being arranged with respect to those of the next, as best observed'in lig.` 2. e

A rocking, or vibrating motion, upon a-rubbing-bed, in the bottom ofthe box A,- isl impaited to C and its rollers, by means of acrank-spin- I. which turns in suitable bearings at theopposite of the box A, and with which the said frame is connected by means of a rod,- l.

AThe rubbing-bed H vbove die,

mentioned `v(shown de- `tached from the machine in iig. 4)' consists of awooden ame, m, to the curvedupper surface of which isfse cured ing mateiiaha series of V'shaped grooves and the bed proper, of rubber'or other suitable yield.- A l being formed upon the said bed yinthe direction of its length, as best observed in figs. 2 and 4.

.The V-shaped edges of the rollers F of the spindles rubbing-bed when th frame' C is vibrated, the rollers of the spindles k and k2 entering the grooves marked ate grooves p. (See gs. 2 and 3.)

and ribbed surface of the rubbing-bed, avibratng moing the articles into the grooves p;

Onthe reversal of the motion of thelframe and its rollers,'the same operation-is repeated, each line of rollers exerting a pressure into its` own set of'grooves'. The eliect of thisalternate action of the rollers upon the clothes or other articles, is to move them to a rubbing-,action upon the ribs-of the same, simi lar to that of the hands upon an ordinary wash-board.

In addition to the longitudinal grooves, transverse grooves, arranged at suitable-distances apart, may also be formed upon the rubbing-bed, for the purpose of affording a more perfect circulationv of the soap-suds, Without departing from my invention.

It will be seen that, owing Ato the manner in which :the frames B and O are hung, the frame O, with its rollers, 'may be elevated soas to pass over any thickness of" material without the action of the rollers,

while, on tilting back the frame B, the frame O and 'as to permit the withdrawal or insertion of the clothes,

separately detachable from their spindles, they may be separately4 remcved as they become Worn or injured, thus avoiding the great 4waste which ensues when all the rollers on each shaft are in one piece.

Letters Patent- The combination of the frame B, hung to the box A, and the' ame O, hungtothe upper end of the 'Witnesses *y ABM. HAYENS.

.-Wituessesz JOHN WHITE, :0. B. lERIcn.l

k, k, and k2, enter and travel in the grooves of they p, while those of the spindle k1 enter the intermedi- -The box A having been partly lled withsoap-suds, the articles to be washed are placed upon the grooved tion upon the latterbeing then imparted tothe frame spindle, k1, the roller ofthe thirdspindle again pressfrom side to side upon the bed, and thus submit them y.

imparted by the crank-shaft, being interfered with,

its rollers will be entirely withdrawn from the box, so-

Itwill also be seen that, as the conical rollers are I claim as my invention, and desire to secure by f frame B, and carrying a series' of conical elastic roll- I have signed my name tov 

